CQC State of Care report – Challenge for healthtech innovators is to embed safety in new ways of working and collaborating
Tuesday saw a number of interesting health stories, including the release of the annual State of Care assessment from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). The report found that an ageing population and an increased number of people with complex or chronic conditions are...
Updates from the Conservative Party Conference
The Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt MP has laid out ambitious plans to deliver the largest increase in training "in the history of the NHS". He made the pledge at the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester on Monday, announcing 5,000 new training places for nurses,...
UK Health Show 2017: Our highlights
The UK Health Show took place this week at the Olympia in London and provided a great opportunity for the Health Tech Alliance to observe and interact with technological suppliers and innovators within the healthcare industry and hear directly from key decision-makers...
Labour pledge an emergency £500m ‘winter bailout fund’
The Health Tech Alliance attended this week’s Labour Party Conference in Brighton. One of the key announcements was Shadow Health Secretary Jon Ashworth’s calls for the Government to supply an emergency £500m “winter bailout fund” for health and care services. During...
Minister outlines Government plans to respond to the Accelerated Access Review in October
Lord O’Shaughnessy, the minister responsible for the uptake of new drugs and medical technologies, confirmed that the Government will respond to the Accelerated Access Review by the end of October The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health pointed out that...
Life Sciences Industrial Strategy backs AAR
The independent Life Sciences Industrial Strategy, written by the Government’s Life Sciences Champion Professor Sir John Bell, has been published. Bell was commissioned by the Government to put forward proposals for a ‘sector deal’ for the life sciences sector –...
Getting It Right First Time programme – Members’ meeting, 18th July
The Alliance’s members were delighted to hear from Rachel Yates, Managing Director and Deputy SRO of the ‘Getting It Right First’ (GIRFT) programme, at our last meeting on 18th July. Led by frontline clinicians, GIRFT is a national programme designed to reduce...
£86 million funding announced for new medicine and technology
The Government has today announced funding of up to £86 million as a first step in taking forward the Accelerated Access Review. The funding is split into four packages: £39 million of funding to the Academic Health Science Networks...
New Department of Health ministerial responsibilities announced
The new Department of Health ministerial responsibilities have now been announced. Lord O’Shaughnessy, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Health, is the minister responsible for the uptake of new drugs and medical technologies as well as the life sciences...
New Department of Health Ministers announced
Following last week’s General Election, at which two serving Health Ministers lost their seats, Number 10 has announced the new Ministerial team at the Department of Health. Steve Brine MP and Jackie Doyle Price MP have joined the Department as Parliamentary Under...
The Rise of STPs: what do they mean for the NHS?
With the major parties all committed to further increases in healthcare spending, much of the debate in this area in the run up to the General Election has been dominated by a single acronym: STPs – sustainability and transformation plans. The Conservative manifesto...
New tool for medtech companies
NICE is launching the Medtech Early Technical Assessment (META) tool that will allow for medical technology to reach patients faster. Members of the Health Tech Alliance were given an exclusive look at the tool at a recent meeting, hearing from Carla Deakin (Associate...